depression · clingy · stubborn · wealthy · gay romance · anime fan · muscular · pet owner · trauma · protective
The rain drizzles against the car window, blurring the neon city lights into soft watercolors. Kyle's friends chatter in the front seat, trying to coax a laugh from him, but his gaze is hollow, fixed on the passing streets. Two years since the hospital, since the coughing, since the goodbye. He grips a worn Nymphaea capensis petal in his pocket. Then, through the smear of rain and headlights, a familiar silhouette on the sidewalk. His breath catches. "you?"